Pragmatic literacy (Medieval)
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This paper discusses the development stages of pragmatic literacy in the mining towns in medieval Hungary, with particular regard to the imagery used on their seals. It concludes that the early and fast development of local chanceries and... more
Series: Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, vol. 41 This book is the first comprehensive overview of how written administration was established in the royal towns of medieval Hungary. Using the conceptual framework of trust and... more
The aim of this paper is to make some remarks on the definition of the fiscal apparatus of the Apostolic Chamber during the 14th century. Particular attention will be devoted to the documentation produced by the Collectors: far from being... more
Das Schreiben, Verwalten und Aufbewahren von Dokumenten in einer spätmittelalterlichen Reichsstadt kann kaum irgendwo so intensiv beleuchtet werden wie für Esslingen. Der von der Universität Stuttgart und dem Stadtarchiv Esslingen... more
Offprints of most of my published work can be found at my website: http://www.bruceobrien.org
The Croatian noble kindred/ aristocratic family of Frankopans (Frankapan/Frankopan) has left behind – as a result of the whole of its own political and social activity and cultural efforts – an exceptionally rich written heritage which in... more
NOTAE. NoT A writtEn word but graphic symbols NOTAE: An evidence-based reconstruction of another written world in pragmatic literacy from Late Antiquity to early medieval Europe. ERC-2017-ADG Project N° 786572. Principal Investigator:... more
Die Analyse widmet sich der pragmatischen Verschriftlichung in urbanen Lokalitäten der heutigen Slowakei. Bis zum Ende des Mittelalters waren mindestens 62 der Orte diplomatisch aktiv. Eine reguläre Kanzleipraxis entfaltete sich... more
The concentration of diplomatic writing in towns is one of the main topics of the 13th century in Castille and it grows besides the urbanization of the kingdom. Even though the relationship between council’s scribes and notaries public in... more
The twelfth–century forgeries for monasteries Kladruby and Opatovice in West– and East Bohemia are fascinating texts. These documents were written at the end of the eleventh century and in twelfth century. They recorded the beginnings of... more
A parchment fragment from the medieval reliquary of Hildesheim Cathedral is shown to be an 11th century Bulgarian merchant’s letter.
Беседа изговорена у Матици српској приликом обележавања Дана словенске писмености и Дана Светих Ћирила и Методија, у Новом Саду, 24. маја 2017. године
Enlarged and downloadable map of Documenting the Everyday in Medieval Europe: The Social Dimensions of a Writing Revolution, 1250–1350. This map has tp be used to complete the reading and the use of the book, as it was not well printed
Don't miss the deadline to submit your applications for ERC-2017-ADG PROJECT NOTAE CALL. The deadline is on the Friday 1 June 2018,
Article issu de la participation à la semaine doctorale de l'Istituto Datini (Prato)
In the article the author discusses questions associated with legal culture of Old Warsaw burghers in the 15th and first half of the 16th century. She analyses the functioning of German law and operation of institutions governed by it,... more
The title pages of multiple editions of the most popular German language notarial treatise from the sixteenth century, Rhetoric und Teutsch Formular, feature woodcuts depicting an array of writing utensils, sometimes complemented with a... more
Frankreichs Bibliotheken und Archive bergen viele Schätze. Einer unter ihnen ist für Bozens ältere Geschichte von besonderer Bedeutung: Es handelt sich um Manuscrit nr. 2111, allemands 187, der Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de... more
El formulario más antiguo que se ha conservado en la Península Ibérica fue redactado en época visigoda, aunque solo se conoce a través de una única copia de erudito confeccionada en el siglo XVI. Contiene 46 fórmulas, a menudo... more
A study of the practice of dictamen among the schools and chanceries of Late medieval Europe (13th–15th c.) offers a broad range of perspectives in order to map neglected dimensions of late medieval textual cultures. It is well known that... more
"Recent scholarship has observed that the factors which influenced the compilation and circulation of early medieval letter collections were largely dictated by utilitarian considerations related to their use as formularies that preserved... more
Heiligenkreuz 217 and the Beginnings of the Written Culture in Bohemia round 1000: The Church of Prague in the Age of Bishop Thiddag The codicological and paleographical analysis of the ms. Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibliothek Nr. 217 combined... more
This paper comes as a response to some reviews of my book _Hir is eskriven_ (2004), especially those by Henk Meijering and Anne Popkema. I begin by explaining the topic of my book: the beginnings of literacy in medieval Frisia. It grew... more
Offprints of most of my published work can be found at my website: http://www.bruceobrien.org
A study of the practice of dictamen among the schools and chanceries of Late medieval Europe (13th–15th c.) offers a broad range of perspectives in order to map neglected dimensions of late medieval textual cultures. It is well known that... more